Steve,

You can iterate the thisform.Controls collection and check the .TabIndex and build an array in that order, then iterate the array

local laTabOrder[this.ControlCount]
for each loControl in this.Controls
   laTabOrder[loControl.TabIndex] = loControl
endfor

for each loControl in laTabOrder
   * do your stuff
endfor

>I have a form with controls. During the saving of the record the program validates the data. Each control has a property - .lRequired that is .t. if the control is required to be filled in with data - a name for example. I would like for loControl to be in the tabindex order of the screen. I am trying to write a more universal routine than the one we have now that checks a control at a time. We seem to forget to include validation when we turn on one control at a time. Duh, huh? The problem is that the one we have now checks the controls one at a time in the order they occur in the .rec_valid method and we can place them there in any order we want. The one I am writing now checks the controls in the order of loControl array. I'm looking for a way to easily order the loControl array to match the order of the tabindex for the screen. Comments?